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参考词汇：乡村音乐：country music

摇滚音乐：rock music

古典音乐：classical music

爵士乐：jazz music

民间音乐：folk music

交响乐：symphonic music

Recently, a new research shows that different kinds of music can influence different moods. Now would you please talk about the function of music. __________

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